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I had an interesting chat recently with Valencell. There are no revelations as such but it was good to hear some of the directions the company and the wider market are heading down. In no particular order here are some of the things we discussed: Valencell estimated that optical HR sensors for sport are probably…

Scosche have just announced a successor to the highly successful RHYTHM+ armband (Source: prweb.com). This post will take some of the key points about the new RHYTHM 24 arm band and add some initial thoughts prior to more of a hands-on in Q2.2018 when it should be available to review in a non-beta version. Consumer…

I fancied a 16 mile run today so the obvious thing to do was route it around my standard 10ish mile GPS test route. I’m using the Suunto SPARTAN now for most of my runs. My main reason for using it is that the STRYD integration works fairly well but also because the GPS is…

A bizarrely scientific, yet incomplete, study by the Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic published through the American Medical Association purports to show that the Apple Watch has the best accuracy of wrist-based optical HR. Or at least that is how it is being headlined by various tech publications on the internet. This is the first page:…

The recently announced Suunto Spartan ULTRA and then the very recently announced Suunto Spartan SPORT look like great products. Perhaps even market-leading products in their targetted segment. Some great specs are on the Suunto site and, from a hardware perspective, it looks a superior bet to the Fenix 3, on paper at least. However. There…

The Scosche RHYTHM+ is a Bluetooth and ANT+ optical heart rate monitor that is worn on the arm. Positives: It is the most accurate optical HR sensor I’ve seen (September 2015-March 2017). It’s comfy and easy to pair with numerous devices. Battery life is over 7 hours. It is ANT+ and BTLE compatible. Negatives: It’s…

The Scosche RHYTHM+ is a forearm or upper-arm worn heart rate monitor belt. It uses optical technology to read your heart rate and it is generally claimed to be the most accurate optical device on the market (July 2015 – March 2017). It supports a single Bluetooth connection via Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE/BLE, Bluetooth SMART,…